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the pattern and magnitude of job gain, job loss, and total job turnover due to growth and decline of some firms, and entry … and exit of other firms. It also investigates how the effect of cyclical as opposed to structural influences on job …
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The statistical observation that small firms have created the majority of new jobs during the 1980s has had a tremendous influence on public policy. Governmentshave looked to the small firm sector for employment growth, and have promoted policies to augment this expansion. However, recent...
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Using data from the 1976-1999 Canadian Labour Force Survey, we examine the stability of currently held jobs in a manner …
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This paper examines the factors underlying firm failure, and compares the failure mechanisms for young firms against those of older organizations. This paper suggests that there are systematic differences between the determinants of firm failure for firms that fail early in life and those that...
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Understanding the importance of the dynamic entry process in the Canadian economy involves measuring size of entry. The … main purpose of this paper is to summarize the information we have on the amount of entry in Canada. The paper also …). Interpretation of the results of these studies is difficult unless methodological issues regarding how entry is measured are …
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The statistical observation that small firms have created the majority of new jobs during the 1980s has had a tremendous influence on public policy. Governmentshave looked to the small firm sector for employment growth, and have promoted policies to augment this expansion. However, recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328098
the extent to which improvements in the performance of an entry cohort are the result of a selection process that culls … incumbent firms. Both selection and evolutionary learning are related to post-entry performance. Despite the difference in the … effect of selection and learning on the amount of post-entry growth, selection per se is a more important contributor to …
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during the three periods: 1973-1979, 1979-1988 and 1988-1997. It also examines the contribution of plant turnover to labour …
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This paper considers the implications of changing trade barriers on the survival of Canadian manufacturing firms. A segmented market Cournot model was developed to describe the effects of trade liberalization for heterogeneous firms operating in diverse industries. The predictions of this model...
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records for Canada over 1973-1992 indicate, with time and industry effect, controlled, market-share turnover, entry, exit, and …
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